Episode 33: All Good Things Must Come to an End

Well, saying goodbye to the roaring 20’s was bittersweet.  Actually, it was just bitter.  Bitter and depressing.  When the good times from the 20’s caught up to everyone in October of 1929, the markets came crashing down.  But why? And did we try and do anything to stop it?

The Great Depression:

https://www.britannica.com/story/causes-of-the-great-depression

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

Wall Street Crash of 1929:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/1929-stock-market-crash

Conference on Land Utilization (1931) & the Dust Bowl:

https://archive.org/details/CAT10505778/page/46/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

Reconstruction Finance Corporation:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Reconstruction-Finance-Corporation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-depression

Federal Home Loan Bank Act:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Home_Loan_Bank_Act

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/federal-home-loan-bank-act.asp